Collar



(No Model.)

W. CHRISTOPHER.

4 GOLLAR. No. 267,494. Patented Nov 14, 1882.

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UNITED STATES OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM GULAGER, OF SAME PLACE.

COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 267,494, dated November'14, 1882.

Application filed August 7, 1882. (No model.) I

To all whom 1' it may concern Be it known that I, VVAL'IER Onnrsrornnn,a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Shirt-Collar Retainers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to overcome the annoyance caused by therising of the band of a shirt-collar above the neckband of the shirt,and this object I attain in the manner which I will now proceed todescribe, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a view of the neck of a. shirt with collar, one end of thelatter being left unfastened to illustrate my invention; and Fig. 2, aview of a collar made according to my invention.

Ordinaryshirt-collars,especiallywhen rather tight-fitting, have atendency to rise in front under the influence of various movements ofthe body until the band of the collar is above the neckband of theshirta position which is both uncomfortable and embarrassing to thewearer. V

In carrying out my invention with the view of overcoming this objectionI form on the lower edge of the collar-bandit, at a point adjacent toeach of the front endsof the collar, a tab, 1), and on the neckband d ofthe shirt I form tabs 6, in such positions that they will coincide withthetabs b of the collar when the latter is applied to the shirt. Before.the collar is applied the tabs 0 are turned up against the inside ofsaid collar and the tabs 6 are turned down against the neckband cl ofthe shirt, and before buttoning the collar to the front button,f, thetabs 1) are slipped under the tabs c, this engagement of the two sets oftabs preventing the objectionable rising of the collar above alluded to.

I have shown my invention as applied to a standing collar but it may beapplied to turndown collars as well, and in some cases the band of thecollar may have slits for the reception of the tabs e on the neckband ofthe shirt instead of being provided with tabs bfor engagement with saidtabs 0. The construction shown is preferred, however, as the collar canbe adjusted more readily in this case than when slits are formedtherein.

1 am aware that collars have been furnished with tabs forholdingneckties thereon, and I do not therefore claim broadly a collar havingretaining-tabs; but

I claim as my inventionshirt, having tabs 6 on each side of the centralbutton, with a collar constructed for engagement with said tabs, wherebythe rising of the collar-band above the neckbaud of the shirt isprevented, as set forth.

the shirt, having tabs eon each side of the-central button,f, withacollar, the bandaof which has tabs 1), adapted to engage with the tabs6, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER CHRISTOPHER.

Witnesses:

HARRY DRURY, HARRY SMITH.

1. The combination of the neckband of a l 2. The combination of theneckband d of

